These past few months, I’ve been thinking about my mother’s cooking—how in some ways her flavors and techniques have stayed the same, are so recognizable to me, and how in other ways, they have dramatically changed over the years. Something strange happens when we seek out the flavors from our childhood and realize they’re no […]
We traveled to Japan last November for our honeymoon. We’ve often described the trip as a “once in a lifetime experience,” and now that we’re confined to our home in Brooklyn, those three weeks in Japan have taken on a mythical quality. The ease and lightness with which we journeyed around the country, from Tokyo […]
Recently I came across an old recipe in my mother’s notebook for a lentil terrine. I had forgotten all about this dish until now, and it’s still just beyond my grasp. I remember a firm log of brown lentils with the texture of pâté, sliced into thick rectangles. What stayed with me is the earthy […]
I’ve always had a soft spot for teachers who bring food to their class. It reveals something about them, a glimpse into their intimate life: the flavors they enjoy, whether they cook at all—like discovering a signature scent.
These past few months I’ve been busy in the Marley Spoon test kitchen, and along the way, even though I was still cooking in my own kitchen, I lost the habit of writing recipes at home. So attuned was my culinary mind to 30-minute dinner meals that I almost forgot one could cook something as […]
Until recently our summer in New York has been gentle and mild, while across the Atlantic, Europe wilts under a ferocious heat wave. I haven’t been as afraid to fire my oven, and it’s been a summer of baking, or more precisely, of galettes. My love affair with galettes began late. I’ve always had a […]
My last year of high school in France, a girl brought a quatre quart in which she had forgotten the flour. A quatre quart is a simple recipe of only four ingredients, and without the flour, hers was a crystalized lump of sugar, butter and eggs. We dug into the golden mound with plastic spoons, […]
I have terrible memories from my childhood of fish terrines: cold and gritty mousse, a brown gelatin that wobbled around the edges. I doubt these terrines were bad, but they were always served as an appetizer during Christmas Eve, and only delayed the excitement of a tender chicken stuffed with roasted chestnuts and stewed prunes. […]
text by Sanaë, photos and words of advice by Geoffroy La Chaya Maya Izamal, early morning Merida, market Heladeria El Colón, Merida Cancún, arrival We only catch glimpses of Cancún, from where we fly in and out. We arrive at our first airbnb past midnight, in a leafy neighborhood, and we don’t see what the […]
I ate the best gyoza on the top floor of a shopping mall in Fukuoka this summer. My mother and I were traveling around the island of Kyushu and ended our trip with dinner in Fukuoka. She was taking the Shinkansen to Osaka and flying back to DC whereas I was continuing on alone to […]